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10 messages for 2010 Urban ecosystems

High quality urgan green spaces are essential not only for quality of life for urban dwellers, but for the maintenance of biodiverse ecosystems as well. Urban planners and policy makers must integrate biodiversity into urban planning and building of sustainable communities by designating conservation areas. It is essential at the regional and lo ...
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Birgit Georgi
European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Climate Change and Conflict: Moving Beyond the Impasse

From the Introduction: "The debate on the relationship between climate change and conflict has reached an impasse. Two dominant narratives state that either climate change causes conflict or that contemporary conflicts have institutional and political causes. The preoccupation with proving the correlation between climate change and conflict is ...
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Institute of Development Studies
Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, May 2010
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Climate Refugees: Implications for India

From the Conclusion: "Climate change is likely to expose hundreds of millions of people to increasing environmental risks displacing a large number of people and forcing them to migrate. There is an emerging view that these people should be recognised as climate refugees by international laws and proper institutional arrangements should be made ...
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Architesh Panda
Economic and Political Weekly, Kerala, India, May 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: Asia and OceaniaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Assessing the Evidence

This book examines key areas relating to climate change and migration. Issues discussed include: data challenges, research methods, sudden and slow onset change and policy responses. It looks at both the impact of climate change on migration, as well as the impact of migration and refugee movements on the environment. It examines the e ...
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Frank Laczko and Christine Aghazarm (eds.)
International Organization for Migration, Geneva, Switzerland, 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

More Variable and UncertainWater Supply: GlobalWarming’sWake-Up Call for the Southeastern United S...

This report by the National Wildlife Federation examines the future of the water supply to the Southeastern United States and comes to some disturbing conclusions. After 40 years of "relatively abundant water supplies,"the south is vulnerable to drought, periodic heavy and destructive rainfall events and a host of other difficulties. The report ...
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National Wildlife Federation, Reston, VA, 2008
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Nation Under Seige: Sea Level Rise at Our Doorstep

Most predictions addressing rising sea level impacts are based on a rise of six meters. This study takes a much more conservative perspective and addresses the issues if the rise were only one meter. The news isn't good. With 53% of Americans living in low-lying or coastal areas, it is critical to understand and address the impact this would ...
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Architecture 2030
Architecture 2030,
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Overview of the Water-Energy Nexus in the United States

In the past, water and energy have been addressed as two separate issues by legislators and natural resource managers. In fact, they are mutually dependent resources: Water is required to generate energy and water supply infrastructure requires energy use. Therefore, far-seeing resource managers and lawmakers are beginning to take a comprehe ...
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National Conference of State Legislators
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Policy Directions Global Report On Human Settlements 2009 Abridged Edition

Planning Sustainable Cities: Global Report on Human Settlements 2009 assesses the effectiveness of urban planning as a tool for dealing with the unprecedented challenges facing 21st-century cities and for enhancing sustainable urbanization. There is now a realization that, in many parts of the world, urban planning systems have changed very litt ...
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Naison D. Mutizwa-Mangiza, Ben C. Arimah, Inge Jensen, and Edlam Abera Yemeru
Earthscan, UK and USA, 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Sea Level Rise and the Vulnerability of Coastal Peoples: Responding to the Local Challenges of Globa...

This is a must-read for planners, policy-makers, and those concerned about the impact of climate change on populations living in low-lying and coastal areas, and the frequency with which disasters are occurring, such as sea-born hazards liike storm surges, hurricanes and floods. Populations are often forced to find coping strategies, one of them ...
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Anthony Oliver-Smith
University of the United Nations, Institute for Environment and Human Security, Bonne, Germany, July 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

Sustainable Cities, Volume I, 2010

The Global Compact Cities Programme, aka the Cities Programme) is the urban component of the Global Compact initiative. It supports and applies the ten principles of The Global Compact regarding human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. The programme is managed by an International Secretariat located at RMIT University in Melbour ...
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Global Compact Cities Programme
Global Compact Cities Programme, Melbourne, Australia, 2010
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts

The Impact of a Global Temperature Rise of 2°C

This is a link within the UK’s National Weather Service (a trading fund within the ministry of defence, operating on a commercial basis under set targets) of the differing impacts of climate change globally. The map indicates the specific areas affected by the following: High Forest Fire Danger Production of Cereal Crops Cha ...
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Met Office
Met Office, Devon, UK, January 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

The Social Cost of Carbon

The "social cost of carbon" (SCC) is not just a term coined by the media, but an actual value that can be arrived at by utilizing what amounts to a cost/benefit analysis; essentially weighing the cost of curbing emissions against the expected damages from every ton of carbon dioxide (CO2) that goes into the atmosphere. While no exact formu ...
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Frank Ackerman and Elizabeth A. Stanton
Economics for Equity and the Environment Network, Portland, OR, USA, April 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public

Transboundary Flood Risk Management: Experiences from the UNECE Region

Floods respect no borders. Extreme flood events cause economic, social and environmental impacts,losses in human life and they are increasing. At the same time, however, flood events bring benefits, with "seasonal floodplain inundation required for healthy rivers, to create new habitats and maintain old ones, to fertilize by depositing silts and ...
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United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
United Nations Publication Geneva, November 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: EU and Member StatesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public